TOMRA Sorting GmbH

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TOMRA Sorting Recycling, formerly TITECH, designs and manufactures sensor-based sorting technologies for the global recycling and waste management industry. Over 4,400 systems have been installed in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Responsible for developing the world’s first near infrared sensor for waste sorting applications, TOMRA Sorting Recycling remains an industry pioneer with a dedication to extracting high purity fractions from waste streams that maximize both yield and profits.

TOMRA Sorting Recycling is part of TOMRA Sorting Solutions which also develops sensor-based systems for sorting, peeling and process analytics for the food, mining and other industries.

This powerful combination of technologies makes TOMRA Sorting one of the most advanced providers of sensor-based sorting solutions in the world, with over 10,500 of its systems installed globally.

TOMRA Sorting is owned by Norwegian company TOMRA Systems ASA, which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Founded in 1972, TOMRA Systems ASA has a turnover around €650m and employs over 2,600 people.

AUTOSORT in action

As the most flexible sorting system within TOMRA Sorting Recycling’s product family, the AUTOSORT combines detection of color and enhanced material information resulting in a multifunctional system that optimizes effectiveness across a wide range applications.

X-TRACT, TOMRA Sorting's metal recovery system

Using the X-ray transmission technology, TOMRA Sorting´s X-TRACT identifies contents in the sorting material independent of their color and pollution. With X-ray sorting technology, the X-TRACT can separate materials based on their atomic density and is so able to separate material concentrates into different material types.

AUTOSORT FLAKE

Heralding a new era of high-precision sorting, the AUTOSORT FLAKE combines color detection and enhanced material information to maximize the recovery of high-quality recycled products which discerning markets now demand.

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Shelton, Conn. — A milestone 50,000 people are now getting rewarded for their recycling through loyalty program TOMRA Makes Change. Launched in September 2016 by TOMRA, a leading provider of reverse vending solutions, the program incentivizes people to return their bottles and cans.

TOMRA Sorting Recycling hosted a global conference on October 10th and 11th to share insights from leading experts in recycling and waste management and to demonstrate the company's breakthroughs in sensor-based sorting machines. With the theme ‘Future Perspectives in Recycling,' the two-day event in Germany featured a series of presentations and group discussions at the Rhein-Mosel Congress Centre in Koblenz and technical demonstrations in TOMRA's Test Center at its European headquarters in Koblenz. Participants comprised an international mix of industry leaders, business representatives, and members of the specialist media.

TOMRA's reverse vending solutions for the collection of cans and bottles, has installed its 500th T-90 Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) at Meijer in Cadillac, Michigan. The store now has eight T-90s, providing its customers with fast, clean and efficient container redemption. "Having the 500th installation of our T-90 RVM within a year after the initial launch of the technology in the U.S. is a great accomplishment," said Debbie Hall, SVP Sales, TOMRA of North America, Inc. "This speaks to our advanced technology and demonstrates that fast and efficient RVMs are a necessity as consumer interest in sustainability and redemption continues to increase."

What if, after a lifetime of expertise in the scrap recycling industry, you had a chance to start over at the beginning? That is exactly where Jean-Guy Hamelin found himself three years ago, and is the beginning of Laval, Quebec-based TMR's remarkable founding story. With more than 40 years of experience, Hamelin, the president and CEO of TMR (Total Metal Recovery) Inc., challenges the adage that ‘there is no future in the past.'

At the ISRI Convention & Exposition 2017, which will be held in New Orleans, USA, on 22 – 27 April, 2017, TOMRA Sorting will attend the six-day event, and will be highlighting its major metal-sorting applications.

Since its founding on April 1, 1972, TOMRA has progressed from being a pioneer in automated recycling technology to a company offering a diverse range of sensor-based solutions that are helping to lead a cross-industry revolution toward resource sustainability.

Key Food Store owner Ruben Luna in many ways personifies the American Dream. From a humble start, his business has grown through the years so that he is now the owner of nine Key Food stores in Manhattan and Queens, New York. With such success, has come added responsibilities, including figuring out the best way to deal with the challenges of recycling voluminous amounts of redeemable bottles and cans. After looking at various companies, he decided that TOMRA, a leading manufacturer of Reverse Vending Solutions (RVMs) for collecting, reusing and recycling cans and bottles, had the ideal solution for him.

Recycling has become more digital with the launch of TOMRA Connect for reverse vending machines (RVMs), which collect cans and bottles for recycling. The portfolio of digital products by TOMRA Collection Solutions brings new insights and engagement opportunities, both for the locations providing the RVMs and for the people who recycle with them. TOMRA’s unique approach is also personalizing the recycling experience for millions of people around the globe, in turn increasing recycling involvement, ramping up profits for stores and helping the environment.

Global sensor-based solutions provider TOMRA has signed up as a member of the New Plastics Economy, a three-year initiative working towards a global plastics system guided by the principles of the circular economy. Led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the initiative brings together businesses, governments, scientists and citizens to accelerate the transition towards a more effective global system for plastics. The three main objectives of the project are the creation of an improved after-use plastics economy, the reduction of leakage of plastics into natural systems, and decoupling the production of plastics from fossil fuel-based feedstocks.